(1) DREAMER’S BIOGRAPHY. “N. K. Jemisin’s Dream Worlds” in The New Yorker is Raffi Khatchadourian’s profile of the extraordinary author. …In 2018, she released “How Long ’til Black Future Month?,” a collection of short stories. She also completed her next … Continue reading
Roving photographer Daniel Dern found these shots of interest on Friday at Dublin 2019. Panel, Writing Outside Western Expectations Georgina Kamsika, Beth Meacham, Joey Yu, Regina Kanyu Wang The rest of the gallery follows the jump.
Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon has released the full draft programme [PDF file] on its website. The programme has more than 700 events over five days from August 15-19, at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) and nearby Point Square. … Continue reading
(1) DEALING WITH DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. Chuck Wendig, who doesn’t want people using social media to shove their negative reviews of his work in his face – point taken – goes on to make an unconvincing distinction between customer complaints about … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of works published for the first time in 2018. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, as well as other sources on the … Continue reading
(1) WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM. Nebula winner Rebecca Roanhorse discusses her work with Juliette Wade at Dive Into Worldbuilding: “Rebecca Roanhorse and Trail of Lightning”. (Video at the link.) I’m so thrilled we could have Rebecca Roanhorse on the … Continue reading
2018 will mark Rosarium Publishing’s fifth anniversary. To celebrate, they will be releasing a two-volume SFF anthology, entitled Sunspot Jungle: The Ever-Expanding Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Publisher/editor Bill Campbell says: I looked upon it as throwing a little … Continue reading
(1) WHAT’S THAT SMELL? CNN’s Brian Lowry is not impressed: “‘Valerian’ turns French comic into epic mess”. A feast for the eyes and positively numbing on the brain, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” makes an early bid … Continue reading
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2017 Locus Awards. The awards will be presented at Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, June 23-25. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Company Town, Madeline Ashby (Tor) The Medusa Chronicles, Stephen Baxter … Continue reading
And Dave Hutchinson accepts the @bsfa award for best novel for Europe in Winter pic.twitter.com/PsueOzMxEa — Niall Harrison (@niallharrison) April 15, 2017 The winners of the BSFA 2016 Awards were announced April 15 at Innominate, the 68th Eastercon, in Birmingham, … Continue reading